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Library introduction in Canvas
The library has a Canvas module about the library’s services, aimed at new students. The module has been completely revised for the autumn semester 2022, and it contains everything new students need to know about the library. As a teacher or course administrator, you can search for the module yourself in Canvas Commons and import it into your course. The modules are called: Biblioteksintroduktion GU (HT22) och Library introduction GU (autumn term 2022).
About Introduction to the University Library

Instruction in information searching skills
Our instructions are adapted to the students’ subject fields and previous knowledge. The teaching supports the students’ development of an analytical approach to searching, evaluating and citing. You are welcome to contact us to discuss the need of your specific student group.
About Information searching skills for your students

Tell your students: Short talks for students 

Short talks for students are open lunch lectures aimed at students. The librarians offer tips on information searching, references and other things students may benefit from in their studies. Some are held in English. No registration required.  Please tell your students!
To the program in the library’s calendar

Servicecenter på Medicinareberget har nu flyttat in i nya lokaler intill Konferenscentrum Wallenberg. De nya lokalerna är anpassade efter Servicecenters behov, och den nya placeringen är tänkt att öka tillgängligheten för studenter och personal från fler delar av universitetet.

Välkommen in!

Adress
Medicinaregatan 20B, 413 90 Göteborg

Öppettider
15–19 augusti: mån-fre kl. 10-14
Från 22 augusti: mån-tors kl. 8-16, fre kl. 8-14

Om du har frågor som inte kräver ett fysiskt besök på Servicecenter kan du ta kontakt via telefon eller e-post. Besök Servicecenters webbsida för kontaktuppgifter och mer information.

All institutes at Sahlgrenska Academy are invited to establish doctoral projects for the next announcement of project-linked positions for doctoral students and 2 year postdoctoral positions. The application documents from the project supervisors must have reached the institute no later than September 15, 2022.

Application form and information:

• Request for the establishment of project-linked doctoral projects
• Request for establishment of project-bound postdoctoral positions

Now you can book date/time for thesis defence online. A booking can be made either by the doctoral student or by someone else. Everyone who has an x-account can book date/time.

More information can be found on the Staff Portal

The ERC Starting Grant call 2023 call has now been published on the Funding & tenders (europa.eu).

The information on the call opening is also made available on the ERC Webpage. The call is now OPEN for submission and the Information for Applicants to the Starting and Consolidator Grant Calls is also available.

The call deadline is 25 October 2022, 17.00.

After a long period when only relatives of residents at the special housing could eat in the lunch restaurant, and others could only buy food for pick-up, Lustgården is now starting to open up for guests again. Tuesdays and Fridays from 11:00 to 13:00 during the weeks 26 – 31 (June 27 – August 5), pizzas made by a pizza baker are served on site. From week 32, the lunch restaurant will open to external guests again, as before the pandemic.

Two young researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy are planning to conduct a period as an international postdoctoral fellow, supported by the Swedish Research Council. Anna Wenger, Institute of Biomedicine will study how acquired mutations can be used to trace the origins of childhood cancer. Her host institutes are located in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. Aron Onerup, Institute of Clinical Sciences, has received funding to go to the United States, where he will study whether physical fitness can prevent late complications in childhood cancer survivors.